Personality and Personhood: A Scriptural Guide to Understanding Both is a work of non-fiction exploring Christianity and behaviorism, penned by author Donna Silveira. This short but informative volume of self-help literature seeks to assist those who find themselves drawn to particular patterns of behavior and are unable to break those bad routines. Combining the use of Neuro-Linguistic Programming with biblical phrases and concepts, the Star Model is formed. It intends to achieve balance for the reader by showing them how to break undesired behaviors, but also realign out of stress and anxiety and into a place of peace with God at their side.

It is unusual to see faith and science married so well together, but author Donna Silveira shows her readers how well you can balance the Christian faith with a deeper psychological understanding of yourself in order to achieve peace. There’s plenty of information in the volume and the psychological and NLP concepts are correctly used, but also explored in innovative ways in relation to common problems such as poor mental health and bad behaviors in reaction to stress. Whether you believe in the Christian side of the exploration or not, the possession of faith and hope alongside a better sense of yourself and your patterns is an excellent path to follow, and this guide is clear and concise in allowing its readers to learn how to do that. Overall, Personality and Personhood: A Scriptural Guide to Understanding Both delivers a lot more than it promises at first glance, and is well worth a read.

Do you sometimes feel that your life is out of balance and you don't know the root cause of it? Are you ready to roll up your sleeves to find out why? In Personality and Personhood: A Scriptural Guide to Understanding Both by Donna Silveira, you will work within five chapters from Core Beliefs, and Perception Isn't Everything - Or Is It? to Forgiveness that use scriptures, exercises, and journaling to get you to dig deep within yourself to gain a better understanding of the motives behind your behavior.

As Donna says: "The first issue we face when looking at other people is that we sometimes project intention behind another person’s actions. Typically, we’re wrong about what they had intended. In short, we are not mind readers…consider the idea that no person ever acts with a bad intention…" Do you believe that psychologically this is true or merely your perceived perception of them is true? You will also learn the importance of The Star Model of Personhood which influences your behavior due to its external forces. Do you know what triggers you? This book will have the answers that you seek.

I've learned a lot reading this book and I fully enjoyed it. The interactive process that included scriptures, exercises, and journaling does help to capture the essence of who you are and helps to create a better you. In addition to this book, Donna is a Christian coach and has a passion to help you become better by living your best life with balance. She offers an assessment to help you to determine your strengths and weaknesses. If you're ready for a change, grab a copy of this book and take advantage of the life coach assessment session that she offers; you'll be glad that you did!